Metro teachers' personal data illegally emailed by state worker

No evidence found that information was spread further; worker had resigned

6:02 AM,
Dec. 17, 2013

Written by

Joey Garrison and Chas Sisk
| The Tennessean

A state employee who resigned last week told investigators that he downloaded data on 6,300 Nashville teachers so he could work from home, despite having been warned to keep his computer secure.

Steven T. Hunter, a 24-year-old former information technology worker for the state Department of Treasury, told the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation that he emailed information from a state computer system using a personal account "to perform his duties at home," TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm said Monday.

But a personnel file released Monday shows that Hunter had been reprimanded, in November, ...